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In this paper, we investigate an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assistant air-to-ground communication system, where multiple UAVs form a UAV-enabled virtual antenna array (UVAA) to communicate with remote base stations by utilizing…

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In this paper, we study the trajectory optimization of a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which aims to sense the location of a target while maintaining satisfactory communication quality with the ground base stations…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Xiangming Du , Shuowen Zhang , Liang Liu

Low Probability of Detection (LPD) communication aims to obscure the presence of radio frequency (RF) signals to evade surveillance. In the context of mobile surveillance utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), achieving LPD…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Sivaram Krishnan , Jihong Park , Gregory Sherman , Benjamin Campbell , Jinho Choi

The detection of non-cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) presents significant challenges for Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems due to the inherent limitations of single-modal perception and the competition for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Wenfeng Wu , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-satellite communication has drawn dramatic attention for its potential to build the integrated space-air-ground network and the seamless wide-area coverage. The key challenge to UAV-satellite communication is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Jianwei Zhao , Feifei Gao , Qihui Wu , Shi Jin , Yi Wu , Weimin Jia

Due to the state trajectory-independent features of invariant Kalman filtering (InEKF), it has attracted widespread attention in the research community for its significantly improved state estimation accuracy and convergence under…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Xiaoyu Ye , Fujun Song , Zongyu Zhang , Rui Zhang , Qinghua Zeng

In mobile systems with low-altitude vehicles, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is considered an effective approach to increase the transmission rate due to limited spectrum resources. To further improve the ISAC performance, this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-25 Yue Xiu , Songjie Yang , Wanting Lyu , Phee Lep Yeoh , Yonghui Li , Yi Ai

The usage of beamforming in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has the potential of significantly improving the air-to-ground link quality. This paper presents the outcome of experimental trial of such a UAV-based beamforming system over live…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-27 Tomasz Izydorczyk , Michel Massanet Ginard , Simon Svendsen , Gilberto Berardinelli , Preben Mogensen

In this paper, sensing-assisted secure communication in a multi-user multi-eavesdropper integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is investigated. Confidential communication signals and dedicated sensing signals are jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Fanghao Xia , Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Nanchi Su , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Jie Xu

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have received plenty of attention due to their high flexibility and enhanced communication ability, nonetheless, the limited onboard energy restricts UAVs' application on persistent data collection missions…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-10 Rui Wang , Deshi Li , Qingqing Wu , Kaitao Meng , Boning Feng , Lele Cong

This paper illustrates the potential of an Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system, operating in the sub-6 GHz frequency range, for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging via an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) employed as an aerial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-16 Stefano Moro , Francesco Linsalata , Marco Manzoni , Maurizio Magarini , Stefano Tebaldini

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms utilizing collaborative beamforming (CB) in low-altitude wireless networks (LAWN) demonstrate significant potential for enhanced communication range, energy efficiency, and signal directivity through the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Geng Sun , Chenbang Liu , Jiahui Li , Guannan Qu , Shuang Liang , Jiacheng Wang , Changyuan Zhao , Dusit Niyato

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained considerable attention as a platform for establishing aerial wireless networks and communications. However, the line-of-sight dominance in air-to-ground communications often leads to significant…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Hongjuan Li , Hui Kang , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Xue Wang , Dusit Niyato , Victor C. M. Leung

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being used for wireless communications in smart environments. However, the need for mobility, scalability of data transmission over wide areas, and the required coverage area make UAV beamforming…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-17 Abdu Saif , Nor Shahida Mohd Shah , Soreen Ameen Fattah , Saeed Hamood Alsamhi , Santosh Kumar , Ali Saad Al khuraib

Herein, an interference-aware predictive aerial-and-terrestrial communication problem is studied, where an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivers some data payload to a few nodes within a communication deadline. The first challenge is the…

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Accurate relative positioning is crucial for swarm aerial robotics, enabling coordinated flight and collision avoidance. Although vision-based tracking has been extensively studied, 3D LiDAR-based methods remain underutilized despite their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Nivand Khosravi , Meysam Basiri , Rodrigo Ventura

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed as flying base stations (BSs) to leverage the strength of line-of-sight connections and effectively support the coverage and throughput of wireless communication. This paper considers a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Ali A. Nasir , Hoang D. Tuan , Trung Q. Duong , H. Vincent Poor

Suitably equipped with cameras and sensors, uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be instrumental for wildfire prediction, tracking, and monitoring, provided that uninterrupted connectivity can be guaranteed even if some of the ground access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-09 Carles Diaz-Vilor , Angel Lozano , Hamid Jafarkhani

Thanks to the line-of-sight (LoS) transmission and flexibility, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) effectively improve the throughput of wireless networks. Nevertheless, the LoS links are prone to severe deterioration by complex propagation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Sixian Li , Bin Duo , Xiaojun Yuan , Ying-Chang Liang , Marco Di Renzo

Vehicle-to-everything communication system is a strong candidate for improving the driving experience and automotive safety by linking vehicles to wireless networks. To take advantage of the full benefits of vehicle connectivity, it is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Seong-Hwan Hyun , Jiho Song , Keunwoo Kim , Jong-Ho Lee , Seong-Cheol Kim